South Carolinian Annabelle Murphy is able to come to terms with her husband’s unexpected death in a plane crash in a remote area of Colorado. That is, until the wreckage of the plane is found to contain two bodies. In her quest to find the identity of her husband’s traveling companion, Annabelle comes to Newboro (New Bern) North Carolina where she learns how her life intersects with that of Sophie Milstead and Sophie’s late mother, an art gallery owner on the run from her past.